I was reading an article this morning talking about what positive effects the left has had on America. One of the said accomplishments was the social safety net Social Security, food stamps,Medicare/medicaid, and so on. It's hard to argue that safety nets are bad my question is are they safety nets or are they crutches.What I mean by this are we using these programs to prevent a fall or to hold people up all the time. I would contend that the way they are currently administrated they are an incentive to stay on these programs. We need to find a way to make personal responsibility the first choice and safety nets the emergency plan.
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some of the programs are, by design, permanent. someone who retires & goes on social security & medicare is intended to stay on them. the way the programs work could be changed, i guess, but i don't see them doing it.
ReplyDeleteDivers and Sundry, you are right about S.S and Medicare however they were meant to supplement not be a sole means of retirement.
ReplyDeleteChanges are needed but not all at once we need to ween people away from the governments tender mercies.